!** i-nflfc 10 CALCVTTA,

K;:,2f *'•< *).* ct>«r bid, tr» Branch Deer, and pcrJianftai him to & compact

t i *• li,*« T ;.' ' i s*> ,>t, r.r-r! tk/ rv^ry <J ;y t;> r-nr dt*r on *hom tht lot Ml
«J.i., '! ,,'"»'• ,t,m^ f« *i • * I,*/- J/.JM »»Y»"miitj*in, iiuii lay his head down
, t,, * ,. v,',:'fV& vj.rfiliicr. Ari-J H-' I;. tb'duily de.it h oi'tict- the rest
\' " ..... *• » • *',*f irfMT.avJt^r".*. No* « nr-ojy ti«*'l«t f<!l tt]»f>n a prep-
t< t'i» ^ " ;'. :.» vi, If- ,- ^ i *"<i. S^» <j ^i* *i fr» ti.e ki«c of that herd f<»
."!• ' '; .1* '• ' *, u;ii h n,i- 1*4 ?• i\< r,:.t friiil! «.;i tvoat o;i<t,NKoiiH i«;i«.<iy
:." . »..-*'• ,-, », j',:y t, idf b r N in-ir tn ri »- Uno,. Th»'« .^:e wt'nt to Kinu
J.«.t;i' .*» i/ •: A : tt;!d .'.»; j/'sn.,\ t.4>. H'- sti'i hfvtoiiM ^'«4 to it, and he
*•",' ''),,-!t . -i !uii i-i'. f «MjJ uT'-Ti t?.»- hl»H k.

\' *» 'i « j ,, ;» f, M{ ,i*«; IP^} ir.r.ii-ijit.i <»j tiif- twn kinj.^ of tii*4 rraf«1iie
. • '.-. U;.i". f •»- M.*^ V*A Kinj JJ.tnyu'n I*J*»-P lyinc *h»;»* wit!* his head c»n
f- 'ii.-*.^ A--.? h'Htilvur/i*"! I*'-1 i»w,'-f ffc«" :f.«'ii . Theliittfr mounted
;k i • * *. <,'nl nit}, n '„.,- it f> t:i;u» '.;»:if *<» t}.*1 <*f «>t, ,-uid K,:d: My friend*
' »• '.ri; ' ' *i,» I«fT. *ii-: I^o* nr.iut y-.a jwar life V \Vhtv*tre\ouheit'?'Thei<
»' ." i»t;.h • ) *'» 'jf^;1 f«,!.; hi-u ;!!. A/iii tL»- jjiau-kinir «•<*• pi'Mtiy touched.
.r,i ^»*.^ r *ii;-' rijt * J ^Mi4* *. MU y i;;'[ne*». hoth t*i vnH <iii'l tnher!" Theu
i't,Mi" •,','.-', JJ..* *l-.v!-:!' tM,- ?«.- f1,*;*, suK uhat <l.u!l tlie lest of
" - ;.> ' •' , *» .ux' f-* » »n ?' S«> rh'y-i'No f)Maim-<l ^•inrify And when
'jfl similarly irpMimi iirot^tiou for a*JJ the various
,I,L'>. 1{" kjiim<t; rb -hrrexi nrted the ki::i;nt men to do JUH-
<..'«,*» U;JL' ^l/4 tr-sth to i im 'ni*h the jira<'«- (*t' a Buddha/
' iHi'ti' hi fht*1 i '»();:, K !<'i*ifid 4m hud1* of flowerp, uudh^ went
'itr fc:n-L I *»•*'!''« h»Tii. Th«'ii hi? mother exhorted Jam in A

" Fr>;!oi» rather the Banyan Deer ;

tl;e Iii.nyun» were hotter far,
T-ji. uifh th" Ur.in'-C J^R« Hfe."1

Au'i Tt.e Riii; ,ui Jjpor r.wid»* a eoruuii't with the meti that whenever
*e,t\4*< » J' *it«t ro.«.:i utield the deei -*hould not trespass, and he made
,iij th'*d«-»-j,^.j» to tue har^din. Finra th,it time they say, the men oi the
t v:?u* '*f le;u i* wa« seen iu th»* iie!<K

Tii*4 t«* the end of the. Jataka proper* the Story of the Past.'

Thiii tin* TV.M'her id^ptili^l the r-harnrtew in The story as heinj; hiraselt
.tud hi* + oufej]/*tor.iries in a former lartU. He who was the Branch is now
Ik'r.uLitti*, }*i- iiefi the members of the order who followed Devadatta in hi:<
irhi^ni«thedoei<( now Kunmra Kassapa's mother,the Deer she gave birth to is
now herjow Kumara Kassapa, the kinj^oi the men i* now Ananda^but Banyan,
*he Kins of tije Deer, was I myvlf/" RLys Davids. Op, c//., pp. IftO— &4f

Pillar IB is ornamented with a figure of Sirima Devata—
**itlw*r Siriiaa, the mister of Jivaka, the physician, a
fa:n<f\iN ^nnrtfsan, to wit. at the court of Bimbisara or
also Sriwjtu (*'fortimate mother11) of the Buddha.

Turning now to the left, we find on the other front of the
16th pillar, Suchiloma Yakftha. who, in company wth
Vlri-pakshu and Devata, were guardians of the western
quarter of Mount Mera.

The East face of pillar 14 contains a medallion of great
interest to students of Buddhism, It represents